| 词条 | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis |
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| honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable | name = The Earl Cornwallis | honorific-suffix = PC | image = | imagesize = | order1 = Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets and Constable of the Tower of London | term_start1 = 1740 | term_end1 = 1762 | monarch1 = George II George III | primeminister1 = | predecessor1 = Vacant | successor1 = The Lord Berkeley of Stratton | birth_date = {{birth-date|29 March 1700}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death-date and age|23 June 1762|29 March 1700}} | death_place = | nationality = British | party = | alma_mater = | spouse = Hon. Elizabeth Townshend (d. 1782) }} Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}} (29 March 1700{{snd}}23 June 1762), styled The Honourable Charles Cornwallis until 1722 and known as The Lord Cornwallis between 1722 and 1753, was a British peer. BackgroundCornwallis was the son of Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis, by Lady Charlotte, daughter of Richard Butler, 1st Earl of Arran. Edward Cornwallis and Frederick Cornwallis were his younger brothers.[1] He was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1717.[2] CareerCornwallis succeeded his father in the barony in 1722. In 1740 he was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets and Constable of the Tower of London,[3] posts he held until 1762.[1] In 1753 he was created Viscount Brome, in the County of Suffolk, and Earl Cornwallis.[4] FamilyLord Cornwallis married the Honourable Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, in 1722. They had seven children:
He died in June 1762, aged 62, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Charles, who became a prominent military commander and was created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792. The Countess Cornwallis died on 17 December 1785. [1] He was the grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis; the great-grandson of Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis; and the great-great grandson of Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis. He was the grandfather of Charles Cornwallis; the great-grandfather of James Mann; the 2nd great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis; the 3rd great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis; the 4th great-grandfather of Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis; and the 5th great-grandfather of Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis. References1. ^1 2 Record for Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis on thepeerage.com {{s-start}}{{s-legal}}{{succession box | before=The Earl of Tankerville | title=Justice in Eyre2. ^{{acad|id=CNWS717C|name=Cornwallis, Charles}} 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=7909 |date=10 May 1740 |page=2 }} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=9279 |date=23 June 1753 |page=2 }} South of the Trent | years=1722–1740 | after=The Earl of Jersey}}{{s-hon}} |-{{s-vac| rows = 2 | last = The Earl of Leicester }}{{s-ttl| title = Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets | years = 1740 – 1762 }}{{s-aft| rows = 2 | after = The Lord Berkeley of Stratton }}{{s-ttl| title = Constable of the Tower of London | years = 1740 – 1762 }}{{s-reg|gb}}{{s-new|creation }}{{s-ttl | title=Earl Cornwallis | years=1753–1762}}{{s-aft | after=Charles Cornwallis}}{{s-reg|en}}{{s-bef|before=Charles Cornwallis }}{{s-ttl | title=Baron Cornwallis | years=1722–1762}}{{s-aft | after=Charles Cornwallis}}{{s-end}}{{PGLE}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl}} 8 : 1700 births|1762 deaths|Earls in the Peerage of Great Britain|Members of the Privy Council of Great Britain|Lord-Lieutenants of the Tower Hamlets|Cornwallis family|Constables of the Tower of London|Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England |
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